Download Study guide for Chapter 3 Test (Sections 3

Study guide for Chapter 3 Test (Sections 3.1 to 3.3)
Vocabulary is key to learning a subject. On this test, you will have 10 key terms that you will
be asked to match the definition to. They are:
northwest passage
precedent
alliance
plantation
encomienda
presidio
circumnavigate
colony
mission
conquistador
Practice these words below.
Spanish forts where soldiers lived are called ___________________.
Spanish conquerors were also called _________________ (military explorer).
A land grant called an ________________, included the right to demand labor or taxes from
Native Americans; similar to feudalism
A large estate farmed by many workers is called a ___________________.
Group of people who settle in a distant land, but they are still ruled by their native government.
______________________________
An ________________, is an agreement between two nations to aid and protect each other.
________________ means to sail around the world.
A ________________ is an example for people to follow in the future.
A waterway around or through North America was known as the ___________________.
Key People also play a major part in history. Know these ten key people and how they affected
the events we learned about this chapter.
Cortes
Atahualpa
Pizarro
Leif Ericson
Balboa
da Gama
Prince Henry
Columbus
Moctezuma
Magellan
Practice matching the key people below.
He was a Spanish conquistador who crossed the isthmus of Panama and claimed the Pacific
Ocean for Spain. _________________________
He started his own navigation school and was a Portuguese prince. __________________
Incan ruler captured by Pizarro. _____________________
This Aztec ruler was defeated by Cortes. _________________________
______________________ was a Viking who settled Vinland around 1001 but did not stay.
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire. _____________________
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Inca. _______________________
This Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa and sailed to India. _____________________
This explored sailed for Spain in 1492, he landed in the West Indies and launched the Spanish
Empire in the New World. ____________________
This Spanish explorer sailed around the world and thus proved it was round. ______________
Key Ideas to Know
Columbus
-Christopher Columbus’s voyages led to lasting trade and contact between the Eastern and
Western hemispheres.
-Columbus inspires other Europeans to look to the west to settle and gain riches.
Exploration and The New World
-European explorers/conquistadors bring many diseases with them to the New World. This
causes many natives to die, especially the Aztecs.
-Bartolome de Las Casas asked the king of Spain to make laws stopping Native American
enslavement but also encouraged African slavery
-Civil war amongst the Incas causes them to lose their empire. (They weaken themselves by
fighting against each other instead of against the Spanish)
-The 3 kinds of settlements in New Spain: pueblos, presidios, and missions
-The social order in New Spain: (top to bottom) peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Indians
-Western European nations sent explorers in search of a northwest passage to find a direct
water route to Asia.
-The fur trade in North America in the 1600s leads to a conflict between New France and New
Netherland.
Religion
-Most European rulers during the 1500s supported the established religion for the times. People
were set in their ways and followed what they had always followed. People who did not follow
the established religion were persecuted. people
-The Protestant Reformation causes rivalries amongst nations due to religious differences
Essay Topic: Why was Columbus’s voyage in 1492 a turning point in history?
Study your guided notes and Quizlet to gain a total understanding of the chapter.